libssh2_userau...lickey_fromfile(3)
π libssh2_userauth_publickey_fromfile β bestie edition π
okay so this one lives in the libssh2 manual, and it's genuinely one of the shortest little pages ever, but that's fine because it's a convenience macro and convenience is the whole point β¨
πΈ NAME πΈ
libssh2_userauth_publickey_fromfile β a convenience macro for libssh2_userauth_publickey_fromfile_ex(3) calls π«Ά
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
#include <libssh2.h>
int
libssh2_userauth_publickey_fromfile(LIBSSH2_SESSION *session,
const char *username,
const char *publickey,
const char *privatekey,
const char *passphrase);
π DESCRIPTION π
so the tea is: this is a macro, and it lives in a public libssh2 header file π. it's not doing the heavy lifting itself, no ma'am β it's built on top of the actual function libssh2_userauth_publickey_fromfile_ex(3). it's giving convenience wrapper energy, and honestly? iconic π
π RETURN VALUE π
go check libssh2_userauth_publickey_fromfile_ex(3) β that's where the answers live bestie, this page isn't gonna spoil it for you π
π¦ ERRORS π¦
same deal fr fr β see libssh2_userauth_publickey_fromfile_ex(3) π
β SEE ALSO β
and that's the whole page, no cap π libssh2 1.2.4, dated 20 Feb 201 β yeah the date is literally cut off like that in the source, not me being chaotic for once π mwah, go read the _ex version, it has all the lore πβ¨
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